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The Short Fuse PodcastBig House Books - When to Hold the lineBig House Books. Big House Books is a non-profit, volunteer organization that sends free books by request to prisoners in Mississippi correctional facilities in order to promote literacy and be a vehicle of change for prison reform.Big House Books would appreciate your paperback books - westerns, fantasy novels and science fiction are genres often requested. Books can be shipped through media mail. More information on the Big House Books website. Big House Books, Lemuria Bookstore With over 40 years in the book business Lemuria has formed valuable author relationships. Lemuria bel...
2026-01-2843 min
The Short Fuse PodcastBad Bad GirlGish JenGish Jen's work has been included in The Best American Short Stories five times, including in The Best American Short Stories of the Century. A fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she has received NEA, Guggenheim, and Radcliffe fellowships, a Lannan Literary Award, and a five-year Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award. Her short work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, and many anthologies; she has taught at Harvard University, NYU Shanghai, and other universities.Bad...
2025-12-0935 min
The Short Fuse PodcastBroadway, Bars & FortuneFortune SocietyFounded in 1967, The Fortune Society’s vision is to foster a world where those who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated will thrive as positive, contributing members of society. This is achieved through a holistic, one-stop model of service provision.The Fortune Society's continuum of care is informed and implemented by professionals with cultural backgrounds and life experiences similar to those of the participants. They serve thousands of individuals annually through New York locations: service centers in Long Island City, Queens and Morrisania, the Bronx, as well as several housing residences throughout the city. The...
2025-11-1845 min
The Short Fuse PodcastShakespeare in South Africa: Now and ThenChris ThurmanChris Thurman is Director of the Tsikinya-Chaka Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is co-editor, with Sandra Young, of Global Shakespeare and Social Injustice: Towards a Transformative Encounter (2023). He is also editor of South African Essays on ‘Universal’ Shakespeare (2014), Sport versus Art: A South African Contest (2010) and sixteen volumes of the journal Shakespeare in Southern Africa. His other books are the monograph Guy Butler: Reassessing a South African Literary Life (2010); Text Bites, an anthology for high schools (2009); and two collections of arts journalism. He is president of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa and f...
2025-10-1443 min
The Short Fuse PodcastBearing Witness: theatre in South AfricaMalcolm D. Purkey Born to Cockney Jewish immigrant parents who were entertainers, Malcolm Purkey is an actor, director, playwright, influential drama lecturer, and theatre administrator. He holds a BA and Honours from University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, an MA in Theatre Studies from the State University New York, is a Fulbright Scholar and he is a Graduate of the British Film School. His career and contribution to theatre is monumental. It started in the mad bohemian world of Adam Leslie. While still a student he designed and developed The Box and The Nunnery Theatres for Wits and th...
2025-08-1318 min
The Short Fuse PodcastReading the City with Tyler WetherallSUBCRIBE TO READING THE CITYOrder Tyler Wetherall's novel AmphibianAbout Reading the City "Reading the City" is a weekly newsletter of bookish events in and around NYC, a weekly diary of upcoming New York literary life on a need-to-know basis. No long blurbs, no reviews, just book events of all stripes. "Reading the City" links to the author’s books, website, or social pages when possible. Tyler Wetherall, the founder and editor, is a believer in the power of the literary community to raise each other up, champion one another, and help make...
2025-04-0734 min
The Short Fuse PodcastFaulkner's InfluenceYoknapatawpha and Faulkner Conference in Oxford, Mississippi This is the longest continually running literary conference in the United States dedicated to the work of one author. This is the 50th Anniversary of the Conference, first held in 1974. Square Book Store, Oxford, Mississippi Square Books is a general independent bookstore in three separate buildings (about 100 feet apart) on the historic town square of Oxford, Mississippi, home of the University of Mississippi and many great writers, including William Faulkner, Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, and, for a time, both Willie Morris and John Grisham. The main sto...
2024-05-0932 min
The Colophon21. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 14: Oxen of the SunJudy | CollinsAidan | CollinsJess | ButterbaughKevin | GalvinRichard F. | UphoffChristine | VonderlinnMichael | HigginsDavid | FlemingFionnuala | BrabazonMichael | SchulmanEve | HerzogBen | LooryRobin | BergSarah | ButlerCecil | CastelucciMegan | GaskellEmma | Froelich-SheaCatherine | FitzGeraldRichard | UphoffDavid | RawsonGregg | HurwitzEllen | AdairEllen | AdairSteve | SchmidtZachary | BosAdam | DodwayThomas | BellerJim | KempnerAlison Leslie | GoldLawrence | HammarDominic | WestSupport the show
2023-07-082h 27The Colophon20. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 13: NausicaaGlenn | JohnstonAlison | ArmstrongDawn Akemi | SaitoChristina | AruffoMary | Hawkes-GreeneMichael | WeisenburgMichael | WeisenburgErin | AndersonMark | HusseyThomas | RikeChris | CahillAndrew | SolomonTaylor | NicholsCarolyn | FarinaChris | EigemanSupport the show
2023-05-182h 08The Colophon19. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 12: CyclopsColum | McCannDaniel | MulhallMeagan Adele | LopezSean | ConlonMaggie | VanderfordWilliam C. | MottoleseForrest | PreeceAnna | DunleaCarolyn | VegaDeclan | KielyIan | FowlerHeather | O'DonnellZachary | BosColum | McCannJonathan | GoldmanAnnie | RowlensonAnthony | AppiahBetsy | BradleyCristina | FavrettoZachary | BosSupport the show
2023-05-182h 28The Colophon18. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 11: SirensFeaturingPatrick HastingsMegan BarnardSarah MacDonnellEdward ConlonAdam LevinCharles Frederick SecreaseSammy JayDuane BuotteLochlann O’MearáinSage MehtaMicki MyersMartin CoxDavid HirschmanJacqueline BucovyVirginia BartowCharles Tolkien-GillettRick GekoskiSupport the show
2023-04-0357 minThe Colophon16. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 9: Scylla and CharybdisWe are pleased to present Episode 9 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES., SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS , featuring Jeremy Funke, Harry Cooper, Jim Periconi, Robert Seidman, Katie Vagnino, Duff Lambros, Sarah Funke Butler, Michael Gorman, Alan M. Klein, Sandy Neubauer, Rebecca Romney, and Amanda Gann. Support the show
2022-10-241h 39The Colophon17. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 10: Wandering RocksWe are pleased to present Episode 10 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. This episode features a number of readers from the University of New York at Buffalo - home to the largest collection of significant Joyce material in the world - reading in special locations and from unique copies of the book: James Maynard, Alison Fraser, Evviva Weinraub-Lajoie, Lilly Reynolds, Marie Elia, Kolbe Resnick, Scott Hollander, and Dipanjan Maitra. We are delighted to hear Tim Young's reading from the Beinecke Library at Yale University, as well as readings by Heather Pisani Weintraub, Sarah Boxer-Cooper, Selby Kiffer, Ra...
2022-10-241h 38
How I HireWüsthof CEO Jan-Patrick Schmitz on Hiring and Building Global TeamsRoy is joined by Jan-Patrick Schmitz, CEO of the Wüsthof Group. Wüsthof is a family-run business that has been manufacturing quality cutlery for over 200 years. Prior to Wüsthof, Jan-Patrick served as a key member of the leadership team at Montblanc. He’s spent over 20 years working in brand management, establishing himself as a seasoned thought leader in the consumer space. His extensive experience ranges from the development of luxury brands as the Founder and CEO of Muirbury & Co, to serving on the board of directors of Thornwillow Press and the German American Chamber. Roy and Jan-Patrick discu...
2022-10-2039 minThe Colophon14. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 7: AeolusWe are pleased to present Episode 6 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring Rebecca Pidgeon, Peggy O'Shea, Susan Morrison, Benjamin Dreyer, Luke Ives Pontifell, Ronan Teevan, Jami Floyd, Barrett Leddy, Khris Lewin, Joseph Post, Kirsten Vangness, Andrea Syglowski, Michael Simon Hall, and Brian Boyd reading Episode VII AEOLUS of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show
2022-08-221h 28The Colophon15. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 8: LestrygoniansWe are pleased to present Episode 8 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring Jay Frederick Krehbiel, Thomas Campbell Jackson, E.P. McRae, Clare Hutton, William Beekman, Monty Lowry Corry, Elaine Byrne, John Lilly, Patrick Butler, Joanne Byrne, Gordon Hecht, and Victoria Browne reading Episode VIII, LESTRYGONIANS of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show
2022-08-221h 38The Colophon12. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 5: Lotus EatersWe are pleased to present Episode 5 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring Salman Rushdie, Aedin Moloney, Turtle Bunbury, and Michael Schwartz reading Episode V, THE LOTUS EATERS of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show
2022-04-0954 minThe Colophon13. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 6: HadesWe are pleased to present Episode 6 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring Paul Hecht, Tara Bandman, Michael DeRuggiero, Rosanne Cash, Phil Klay, Tine deVaron, Ronan Healy, Matt Salyer, Julius Boxer-Cooper, Col. Dave Harper, Peter Lerangis, Sean Desmond, Patrick Myles, Dorothy Marcic, Matt Heimer, Randy Cohen, and Brían F. O'Byrne reading Episode VI HADES of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show
2022-04-091h 30The Colophon11. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 4: CalypsoWe are pleased to present Episode 4 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring Declan Kiberd, Winsome Brown, and Stephen Fry reading Episode IV, CALYPSO of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show
2022-01-1949 minThe Colophon10. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 3: ProteusWe are pleased to present Episode 3 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring Edoardo Ballerini, David Mamet, Tamara Glenny, Richard Nash, Ally Bunbury, and Charl Brown reading Episode III, PROTEUS of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show
2021-12-2255 minThe Colophon8. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 1: TelemachusWe are pleased to present Episode 1 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring Oliver Jeffers, Rob Doyle, Loudon Wainwright III, Alison Fraser, and Malachy McCourt reading Episode I, TELEMACHUS of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show
2021-12-2159 minThe Colophon9. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 2: NestorWe are pleased to present Episode 2 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring Ronald Patkus, Kathleen Chalfant, and Will Hearst reading Episode II, NESTOR of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show
2021-12-2136 minThe Colophon7. Phil KlayPhil Klay, National Book Award Winner and Iraq War Veteran, and Colonel David Harper sit down with us to discuss our publication of Klay's story Ten Kliks South in collaboration with the Thornwillow West Point Fellows. While we reflect on the nature of modern warfare, we also remember the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the conflicts that followed. Support the show
2021-09-131h 21The Colophon6. Roz ChastIn this episode, we take a bold leap into the apocalyptic imagination of celebrated New Yorker cartoonist, Roz Chast. We discuss her newest publication with Thornwillow Press, How We Survived, and ponder the end of the world that was. Along the way, we ruminate on her extraordinary career as an artist and how art saves all. Support the show
2021-07-2246 minThe Colophon5. Morrison HeckscherThis episode of "The Colophon" features a great friend of the Press, Morrie Heckscher, Curator Emeritus of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While visiting the Press a few months back (which, during a pandemic, is starting to feel like a lifetime ago), Morrie sat down with us to discuss our latest collaborative project: Chippendale’s Drawings for The Director, which reproduces and publishes, for the first time, Thomas Chippendale’s original drawings for his 1754 volume, The Gentleman and Cabinetmaker’s Director. Learn more about this historic edition here: https://thornwillow.com/chippendale-director-heckscher-speelbergS...
2020-06-041h 09The Colophon4. Colonel David HarperColonel Harper, Head of the Department of English and Philosophy at West Point, is a dear friend to the Press and visited to talk about our latest collaborative project, Beauty is the Beginning ofTerror. Along the way, he shared fascinating insights into the life and works of John Milton (one of his academic focus areas), censorship, and the freedom of ideas.Support the show
2019-07-151h 06The Colophon3. Adam GopnikWe sat down with Adam Gopnik, mainstay writer at the New Yorker, to discuss everything from becoming a professional writer to life as a dog in New York City.Support the show
2019-04-0659 minThe Colophon2. Harold HolzerWe sat down with Harold Holzer, one of the world's leading scholars of Abraham Lincoln, and director of The Roosevelt House in New York City. This episode was taped in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's personal library, where, as Harold explains, he "learned to walk again" and where the New Deal got its start.Support the show
2019-04-051h 06The Colophon1. Edmund MorrisWe are excited to present a new podcast from Thornwillow Press, "The Colophon," in which we sit with our favorite authors and artists and talk about things that capture our imaginations.For our inaugural episode, we talked with our good friend Edmund Morris, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the great biographers of our time.Support the show
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